Funny is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. Going along with Serious, the opening track of the album, Funny is sort of the opposite of Serious because it is far more melodic and more moderately paced than Serious which was extremely aggressive …

Aaliyah
“Rock the Boat”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Hype Williams
Aaliyah reunites with another big-time music video director, Hype Williams, and close friend/dance choreographer, Fatima Robinson, for this second video outing from the self-titled album, “Aaliyah”. “Rock the Boat” depicts Aaliyah dancing on a tropical beach (this portion was said to be inspired by the …

This it the title of the first album from Janis Joplin. It was released in 1967. Here Janis still has that fresh and young voice, which is already very specific and strong. The reason why it is still a bit “fresh” is because at that time she had not …

Run Like Hell is a track by Pink Floyd appears on their concept album, The Wall. The track opens up with just a bit of guitar noise before leading into the main rhythm of the song which is quite catchy and stays throughout the track. It’s not really worth …

Black Mountain Side is a track by Led Zeppelin which appears on Led Zeppelin I. Black Mountain Side is an instrumental track and starts off sort of where Your Time Is Gonna Come left off, which is the previous track appearing on Led Zeppelin I which explains why you …

If you were ask my husband what kind of music do I listen to, he would tell you, —˜Soundtracks and Disney music.’ I listen to a great variety of music, but a great deal of that music is Soundtracks and Disney. There is something about the power and the …

Jay-Z
“Who You Wit”
“Sprung” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records/Qwest Records
Jay-Z’s song “Who You Wit” is a single off of the motion picture soundtrack for the 1997 romantic comedy film “Sprung”. The song samples Jeff Lorber Fusion’s “Night Love”. The music video has one of the main cast members from the …

This Yamaha keyboard can do a lot for the price range, 88 keys, a built in metronome, chord library, it has midi support, and 500 different instruments it can emulate, guitar, bass, organs, you name it, you can get the sound of a full orchestra, a drum set, clarinet, …

One More Cup Of Coffee is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Desire. The song opens up with a simple acoustic guitar strumming pattern accompanied by a brief bass fill before a violin comes in which stays constant throughout the majority of this song. Thus …

P. Diddy ft. Loon, Ginuwine, and Mario Winans
“I Need A Girl, Part Two”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Benny Boom
“I Need A Girl, Part Two” is the second and final part that follows “I Need A Girl, Part One”. Once again, “I Need A Girl (To Bella)” is a single …

Phoenix is a newly popular band that had a song recently featured on a car commercial. This song, “1901″, became wildly popular and led to the band gaining a much larger fan base and gaining a lot of popularity. After hearing this song, I purchased every single one of …

Eminem- Curtain Call (The Hits)
Is it just me or is Eminem always supposedly retiring from the hip hop scene only to come back with yet another release? Well, not that I’m complaining of course, The more music from this rap genius the better as far as I’m concerned! This …

“Open our eyes, to see the things that make your heart cry, to be the church that you would desire, your light to be seen”. This is the first lyrics of the song by Joel Houston that I really appreciate since it was symbolic but with meaning to my …

Bun b has been considered a southern hip hop legend since the early 90’s. As one half a the group UGK he has been making music for 20 years now. Bun b has just released is second studio solo album named Thrill 2. This album has had alot of …

Artist: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
Like a lot of people said reviving Beatles’ song is such a scary thing because not only you need to make a good rendition but also the tendency to ruin an already perfect song.
True in fact that I have heard lots of Beatles’ …

Seek And Destroy, the penultimate track off of Kill —˜Em All, has to be one of the most well known songs from Metallica throughout their whole career and certainly, along with The Four Horsemen, the most well known song off of Kill —˜Em All. …

“I wanna dance like it was the last dance of my life!”
After wrapping up her Anti Tour and just before dropping her new best of album Kylie Minogue made a sudden release of a new song entitled Timebomb, as a present …

When I got hold of this album I honesty did not expect to be that good. It so happened that I first got acquainted with Cypress Hill albums released in 1999 and 2000, and only then moved on to their earlier releases. And, the early releases were rather good, …

Guy’s Eyes is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their 2009 record, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with a somewhat confusing sound, I personally find the several layers of vocals to actually sound confusing at the start of this track rather than creating a whole and harmonious …

Man on the Silver Mountain by Rainbow is one of my favorite songs of all times. Ritchie Blackmore’s hard rock guitar style is unbeatable and the very riff of Man on The Silver Mountain is one of the best riffs ever. Ronnie James Dio will always be one of …

Eat it by Weird Al Yankovick is a parody of a song named beat it by Michael Jackson. It plays a clip from Michael Jackson’s movie while weird al sings eat it. The song its self is really funny to me because it talks about food. I play that …

This is perhaps one of the most underrated songs that Prince has ever written. On his LoveSexy album, this song is the epitome of intimacy. The lyrics have this way of getting under your skin. Perhaps it’s the quiet inensity of Prince’s voice. Perhaps it’s …

Dancing Queen is one of Abba’s most famous songs, and in my view that is absolutely fair. The band produced a good number of extremely fine tracks in their career, but Dancing Queen must surely be counted as one of the very best of them all. Right from the …

I have known Moby as a well respected electronica musician who has been in the music business since the early nineties. His music climax, in my opinion, was this very album, “Play” (1999). (In fact, this album saved his career!) I have listened to this album since about 2005 …

Slippi is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their fourth studio record, Here Comes The Indian. Opening up with a quick rhythm which sounds to be in sharp contrast to the previous three tracks on the record, I must say that the energy present …

Overview —“ Hypnotize, the title track and first single and music video released by System Of A Down for their second half of the double album, Mezmerize/Hypnotize, takes on another political stance by the band while incorporating lyrics from just daily life and regular events. I just find it …

Artist: Mariah Carey
Video: I Don’t Wanna Cry
Album: Mariah Carey
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Larry Jordan
“I Don’t Wanna Cry” is the fourth single and music video from Mariah Carey’s first self-titled effort, following the previous singles and music videos which are “Vision of Love”, “Love Takes Time”, and “Someday”. Larry Jordan, who …

I am so excited when I can find this song on the internet because it was so long ago I’m looking for this song but I didn’t find it. This song is ‘Never Let You Down’ from Frankie J. When first time this single was launched, I fallin in …

Sledding With Tigers/Kids Split is a split release from Sledding With Tigers and KIDS put out in 2011. Just as a note, I will be focusing this review strictly on the four of eight tracks that Sledding With Tigers contributed to the record. The biggest issue with their songs …

Paul Gilbert is not new musicians in the rock music industry. Guitarist who had a concert with Joe Satriani in the G3 project, releasing an album in early April 2008. Album titled Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, contains 11 instrumental
tracks, which has a fast tempo, which is characteristic …

Overview —“ Boom, a music video released by System Of A Down, follows the band as they marched in a peace protest against the Iraq War and shows various protests from all across the world in protest of this war. The lyrics are quite a bit darker then I …

A song off the album Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon that I really enjoy is the track Crawl. the track starts off with the screech and feedback off the guitars. The band comes in with a heavy drum beat and that awesome bass line that …

Live At E’s is a song by Sublime and is the eleventh track on their debut release 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a moderate tempo and rhythm, the track places its primary focus on the vocals of Nowell where he sings with a delivery which is slightly …

The first time that I heard this song was by the original artists, The Rolling Stones, as the theme song for the popular 80’s television series, ‘Tour of Duty’. Ever since then, I have loved this song and heard it both recorded and performed by a number of different …

Yellow is a song by Coldplay which appears on their record Parachutes. Opening up with a melodic guitar pattern, the track soon gives way to a slightly more electric guitar lead, but the song still manages to maintain it’s very melodic feel and sound to it. Chris Martin comes …

The song I got a feeling is a great song in my opinion. This is for a few reasons. One is that it is a song that is very easy to listen to. Another is that the beat is something fun and easy to hum or sing. And finally, …

I watched Making the Band on MTV once or twice, simply because I like entertainment and like to see what the new singing groups are going to come up with next. When I saw Day 26 on the program I was so disappointed. I have …

“Tical”, Method Man’s debut album is hailed as the greatest solo release from any of the Wu-Tang Clan. The beats were gritty, dark and utterly evil. The lyrics were lyrically amazing and channeled from the dark side. Not to mention Method Man’s strange demeanor, being the “different” member of …

This album was released in 1994 on East west records and produced by Terry Date. The album features a controversial image of a man being drilled into his forehead, the album’s original artwork depicted a person being drilled in the anus and had to be changed to the drillbit …

Sun King is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Abbey Road. The track opens up with a clean guitar riff which has a very nice melodic feel to it as the other instruments gradually join in to create a very calming and mellow atmosphere. The …

I was delighted when I learned that The Who, one of my favorite all time rock groups, had released a new single, the first since “Who Are You” in 1981. “It’s not enough” has much more passion than “Who Are You.” It is another song …

I can honestly say I’m not a Taylor Swift fan, and that’s not because I don’t like her it’s just I don’t really fall into her target audience. I prefer to listen to music that caters to my age group and a bit more maturity.
It wasn’t until I was …

I think that one classic soul group a lot of people, young and old would be familiar with would be the one called “The Righteous Brothers”. While I don’t think that a lot of young people would necessarily know the group immediately by name, since I didn’t either …

Paranoid is Black Sabbath’s second album released in 1970 under Vertigo Records in the UK and distributed by Warner Bros in the US. The band recorded the album the same year as their last album with the same producer Rodger Bain. The song Paranoid was recorded at the last …

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a track written primarily by John Lennon for The Beatles’ record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band would have to be one of the more psychedelic tracks which the band has written, or at least one of the tracks most heavily associated with …

Knife Man is a 2011 album release by Andrew Jackson Jihad. The one thing that really stuck out to me about Knife Man after going through a couple listens of the record was that the band really chooses to embrace different sounds throughout the album. Though the traditional and …

Are You Listening - A Love Song for Haiti is a beautiful song of compassion and love by gospel artist, Kirk Franklin. He wrote it about eight years ago, and after the devastating earthquake of January 2010 which has nearly destroyed the small country of Haiti, he …

Jay-Z ft. Gwen Dickey
“Wishing on a Star”
In My Lifetime, Volume 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Wishing on a Star” is a little known single and music video that can only be found on the United Kingdom release of his second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″. No wonder it’s so little known because …

Andy Griggs is one of those country music artists that only have a good song every so often. But he really landed a good one with this one. It’s funny though because the girl he describes in this song kind of descibes me. Anyway, in the song he describes …